Something to Celebrate for MMM # 230 & Creative Creases

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #230. Our host for this challenge, Tee, chose Let’s Celebrate as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my Let’s Celebrate card:

I needed a wedding card, and thought this flap fun fold would be gorgeous with this DSP (designer series paper). I love this whole suite of products, but I really think the DSP is my favorite part. The colors are gold foil, Pebbled Path, Pecan Pie, and Smoky Slate. Take a look at all this gorgeousness:

While I made the card for Make My Monday challenge, I am going to be entering it to the Creative Creases Challenge as well. This challenge is all about the anything goes with a fun fold, and I encourage you to enter your fun folds to the gallery using the link.

I found this fun fold latch card on Pinterest, of course, created by Stamp with Susie. Please click on her link because she’s got two cards using this fun fold. Don’t tell the recipients that the card wasn’t as complicated as it looks. At least that’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

Measurements:

  • Pebbled Path cardstock – 5 1/2 x 11″- score at 1-11/16″; 3-3/8″; 7-5/8″ & 9-5/16″ & fold for card base
  • HINT: The Stampin’ Up! trimmer has 16 tick lines per inch. Therefore, for the 16ths of an inch, just count the tick lines. Another way to measure out the 16ths is as follows: the 1-11/16 of an inch is one tick line before 1-3/4, and 9-5/16 is one tick line past 9-1/4.
  • I added another piece of Pebbled Path cardstock for the front panel of the card. Susie only used DSP for the front. I added my white and gold DSP to this panel and adhered it to the front scored and folded cardstock. I used a piece of cardstock measuring 4-1/4 by 5-1/2 and just trimmed down 1/16th of an inch on the long side. This made the front sturdier for the latch
  • The Pebbled Path and gold script DSP piece measures 1-1/2 by 5-3/8 inches.
  • Trim another piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
  • Don’t forget to punch a 1-inch circle of DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal
  • The mat layer of DSP on the inside of the card measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches
  • The white cardstock on the inside measures 3-7/8 by 5-1/8 inches.
  • You will need a 2 inch and a 2-1/2 inch punched circles for the sentiment on the front of the card.
  • Thankfully, the Lovely & Sweet dies line up perfectly with the DSP so I was able to crop two of the floral sprays for this card.

Stamping & Assembly:

  • The sentiments on the inside and the outside are gold powder set with a heat tool.
    • Rub down your cardstock using the powder pal (formerly the embossing buddy). This will allow the embossing powder to just stick to the VersaMark ink instead of oils or dust from your handling of the cardstock.
    • Stamp the sentiments using VersaMark ink
    • Cover with gold embossing powder. Make sure you flick the back of the cardstock to remove excess powder
    • Heat set the powder with your heat tool.
  • Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the pieces, except for the sentiment circles.
  • Add dimensionals to 2/3 of the circle on the left side only. Leave room for the flap to fit under the circle to create the latch
  • I finished the card by adding three brass butterflies to the front for interest
  • With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal. I hope you try the card fun fold! I had so much fun with it that I made a thank you card with loads of layers since I am hand-delivering it. I’ll be posting that card, with a how-to video, for the Stampin’ Up! Demos Fun Fold Blog Hop on going live at 05:30 on July 23, 2024. Come back to see that card, please.

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Make My Monday Challenge # 229

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #229. Our host for this challenge, Claudia, chose Cocktails or Ice Cream as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my coffee ice cream card:

Honestly, I didn’t have anything for either cocktails or ice cream. Believe me I scoured my current and retired products and didn’t find anything to use. Therefore, I really needed my mojo to kick into gear and figure out what to do. I wound up combining the Lattee Love bundle and DSP, a cloud from the Bright Skies dies, and a sentiment from Kiddin’ Around. I figured since my very favorite kind of ice cream is coffee, this combination would work.

Measurements:

  • Trim a piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches and score at 4-1/4 inches.
  • Trim another piece of Lost Lagoon cardstock to 5-1/2 by 4-1/4 inches.
  • Crop a piece of Calypso Coral cardstock using a deckled rectangle die.
  • Use an embossing folder to dry emboss both the Lost Lagoon and Calypso Coral cardstock. I actually embossed both pieces together so the pieces would line up.
  • Trim the Lost Lagoon to 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches.
  • Using the Latte Love DSP (designer series paper), crop a coffee cup.
  • Stamp a spoon on Gray Granite cardstock using Basic Gray ink. Crop with the Latte dies.
  • Crop two clouds for the ice cream using the coffee DSP and the cloud die from Bright Skies die set.
  • Stamp the sentiment from Kiddin’ Around in black ink on white cardstock. Crop using a Stylish Shapes die.
  • Trim a piece of DSP to 6 inches by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
  • Punch a 1-inch circle from coordinating DSP and run through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal.
  • Trim a piece of white cardstock to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for the inside of the card.

Assembly:

  • Unless otherwise noted, use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere pieces together.
  • Adhere the embossed Lost Lagoon cardstock to the base of the card.
  • Wrap a piece of Lost Lagoon ribbon around the Calypso Coral cardstock and tie in a square knot.
  • Line up the embossed pattern for the Calypso Coral cardstock and adhere to the front of the card.
  • Adhere the coffee cup to the Calypso Coral cardstock.
  • Dry fit your ice cream clouds and then adhere using black mini-dimensionals.
  • Adhere the spoon using mini-dimensionals as well.
  • Add dimensionals to the sentiment label so that they will straddle the ribbon and adhere.
  • Stamp a birthday sentiment on the white cardstock for the inside of the card and adhere.
  • With that, you’ve finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

Lovely & Sweet with MMM # 225 and FMS634

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #225. I’m hosting this challenge, and I chose Florals as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

I used the Lovely & Sweet stamp, die, and DSP (designer series paper) for this challenge:

Here’s my card:

I combined the Florals Make My Monday challenge with the current Freshly Made Sketches challenge. Here’s the challenge sketch:

I did turn the direction so I had a portrait orientation, mainly because I knew I wanted to use the floral spray from the Lovely & Sweet stamp and die set.

Measurements:

  • The Pecan Pie base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
  • After stamping and cropping the floral spray from the bottom of a piece of Pecan Pie cardstock, I ran it through the Cut & Emboss machine using one of the basics embossing folders.
  • Trim the embossed cardstock to 5-3/8 by 4-1/8 inches.
  • Trim a piece of the Lovely & Sweet DSP to 5 by 4-1/4 inches.
  • I angled my DSP so that the high side is 5 inches high and the low side is 2-7/8 inches high.
  • Trim a piece of DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
  • Punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP and run it through your XYRON create-a-sticker to make the envelope seal.
  • Trim a piece of white cardstock to 5-1/4 by 4 inches for the inside of the card.
  • I used a piece of leftover white cardstock for the sentiment banner.

Assembly:

  • Unless otherwise noted, I used multipurpose liquid glue to adhere the pieces of the card together.
  • I stamped the floral spray using VersaMark ink and then covered it in white embossing powder, which I heat set with my heat tool.
  • Add dimensionals to the back of the floral spray.
  • Next, I stamped the sentiment using the happy birthday stamp from the Sweetly Scripted stamp set using Pecan Pie ink.
  • Add dimensionals to the end of the sentiment banner.
  • Next, adhere the angled DSP to the embossed cardstock.
  • Then adhere the floral spray using the dimensionals.
  • Add liquid glue to the middle of the back of the sentiment and add it to the front of the spray.
  • Trim the ends of the sentiment banner so they line up with the base of the card.
  • Adhere the embossed Pecan Pie cardstock to the base.
  • I stamped another birthday sentiment on the inside piece of cardstock.
  • Then, I stamped just a corner of the floral spray stamp on the white cardstock, and adhered it to the inside of the card.
  • Finally, I stamped the front of the envelope using the same partial floral spray stamp.
  • With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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International Jazz Day for MMM # 224

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #224. Our host for this challenge, Caz, chose International Jazz Day as the theme. Never fear, anything with music, a dancer, a singer, etc meets the challenge theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my card:

I used the Zany Zoo bundle, and the balloons from Beautiful Balloons. The background of the card is hand-stamped using two stamps from Zany Zoo and black and Lemon Lime Twist ink. By the time I got it all put together, the background barely shows. I took my color cues from the Zany Zoo turtle. Often a card will evolve as I am working, and this one definitely was an evolution.

Measurements:

  • The Lemon Lime Twist card base measures 5-1/2 by 8-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
  • The black mat measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I cropped the black front piece from the inside of the black mat using a deckled rectangle die. No one will know, and it takes just a bit of bulk from the card.
  • The hand-stamped background measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
  • Next, I trimmed a piece of the 6 x 6 inch Brights DSP to 5-1/4 by 2 inches. I also trimmed a piece of this DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. After punching a 1-inch circle using the same DSP, I turned it over and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker so it would coordinate with the flap.
  • I had the white dot embossed cardstock, and cropped it using the next smallest deckled rectangle.
  • The white cardstock for the inside measures 4 by 5-1/4 inches.

Stamping, Cropping, & Assembly:

  • The singing turtle was easy – the Zany Zoo dies will crop out different characters from the DSP, and I used the die for this turtle. I added dimensionals to the back of the turtle and the cropped stool on which he’s standing.
  • HINT: The mini-dimensionals need to be cut down into 3 pieces for the feet of the stool. The easiest way to do this is horizontally so that you don’t have to deal with the pointed corner sticking out.
  • The die set also has this fabulous curtain die set, which I cropped from Lemon Lime Twist cardstock.
  • After stamping the sentiment, I cropped it using one of the banners from the Stylish Shapes die set. Next, I added dimensionals to the back of the sentiment.
  • I adhered everything else using multipurpose liquid glue.
  • Adhere the black cardstock to the base, and then the hand-stamped background to the black cardstock.
  • After wrapping a piece of black and white gingham ribbon around the Lemon Lime Twist DSP, adhere it to the front of the card.
  • Layer the deckled rectangle die cut, the white deckled rectangle die cut, and the curtains using your multipurpose liquid glue.
  • Finally, add your sentiment, stool, and turtle to the front panel.
  • The inside sentiment comes from the Zany Zoo stamp set, and I stamped it in black ink.
  • Then, I thought the sentiment looked lonely, so I added three balloons from the Beautiful Balloons stamp set, and added the black strings. I think this is my favorite part of the card.
  • With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.

Thank you for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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National Picture of a Bird Day for MMM #223

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #223. Our host for this challenge, Caz, chose National Picture of a Bird Day as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my card:

I must confess that, since I live in the U.S., I’d never heard of this celebration day, but I went with it. The new Stampin’ UP! catalog goes live in just a few weeks, and I’m looking forward to sharing more of the inside of the catalog with you. Today’s layout comes from a set of 22 card sketches found on page 22 of the new catalog. Over the course of the next few months, I am going to post a card from each of these sketches. The one I used for this card can be found on page 22, albeit with a slight change. The original sketch calls for 10 strips of paper. I used 7 strips from the Nature’s Sweetness 12 x 12 inch DSP (designer series paper).

This Waves of Inspiration stamp set and coordinating Waves die set are being retired. If you want this gorgeous set, you will need to get it before the current catalog retires on April 30, 2024.

Measurements:

  • The Night of Navy base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2 inches, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
  • I trimmed 7 pieces of the DSP to 3/4 by 3-3/4 inches for the front.
  • Trim a piece of the DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
  • Next, punch a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP and run it through the XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal.
  • Trim a piece of white cardstock to 4 by 5-1/4 inches for the inside of the card.

Stamping & Cropping:

  • On a piece of white cardstock, stamp the wave in Pebbled Path ink.
  • Crop the wave using one of the Countryside Corners dies.
  • On scrap pieces of white cardstock, stamp the pelican on the pier and the sentiment.
  • Crop the sentiment and pelican piece using dies from the Waves die set.
  • Crop three clouds and the white accent part of the wave from more scraps of white cardstock.
  • Finally, crop the birds from Pebbled Path cardstock.
  • Using a dry blending brush that was previously used with gray ink, lightly rub the white cloud pieces.
  • Color the pier pieces using the Pebbled Path blends.
  • I used the Ivory blend on the beak, but you really can’t see it.
  • using a Pebbled Path marker, outline the sentiment banner and the Countryside Corners piece.

Assembly:

  • Add dimensionals under the sentiment and the pelican piece.
  • Adhere everything else using multipurpose glue.
  • After deciding on the pattern for your DSP strips, adhere them to the base of the card.
  • Adhere the wave accent piece and trim to size.
  • Next, adhere the Countryside Corners die cut piece.
  • Randomly add the clouds and the birds to the die cut front.
  • Finally, adhere the sentiment and then the pelican piece to the front.
  • Stamp your sentiment for the inside using Pebbled Path ink.
  • Adhere the inside cardstock to the inside of the base of the card.
  • With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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A Form of Transport for Make My Monday #222

Welcome to the newest Make My Monday bi-weekly challenge #222. Our host for this challenge, Dawn, chose Transport as the theme. When you finish here, please visit the challenge site to see what the rest of the very talented design team members created. Then, don’t forget to upload your creations to our gallery. We look forward to seeing your creations there!

Here’s my Zany Zoo fun fold card:

Of course, posting a fun fold means that I’ll also be entering this in the Creative Creases challenge!

Let me start by saying that one night last week, I went down the rabbit hole of the internet by clicking, then clicking again, and again. Then, I had no way back to the video tutorial for this card, but thankfully I wrote down the dimensions of the inside, smaller card. Therefore, I am dividing the measurements and directions into Part 1 for the outside card, and Part 2 for the inside card.

Part 1 – the basic card

  • The Lemon Lime Twist base measures 8-1/2 by 5-1/2, scored at 4-1/4 inches.
  • The Zoo Crew DSP (designer series paper measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I also trimmed a piece to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap. Then, I punched a 1-inch circle from the DSP and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker backside up for the envelope seal.
  • Use multipurpose liquid glue to adhere all the front cardstock and DSP pieces together.
  • Stamp the sentiment on the front using Momento Tuxedo Black ink.
  • Crop the sentiment using the second smallest Countryside Corners die. Outline the sentiment in Lemon Lime Twist ink.
  • Using a Countryside Corner die, crop out an opening in the middle (or as close as possible) of the front of the card. Crop another cut using the same die out of scrap cardstock to use in Part 2.
  • Next, use the same size die and the next larger die to cut out a frame, as pictured below.
  • Adhere the frame and sentiment to the front of the card.
  • That’s it for the basic card front.

Part 2 – Masking and coloring the “inside” card:

  • Trim a piece of white cardstock to 7-3/4 by 5-1/8, scored at 3-7/8.
  • Use removable tape to temporarily adhere the inner card in place making sure that the fold side is on the right hand side of the card.
  • Use a pencil and a very light touch to add tick marks showing where the cropped center of the front of the card appears on the inner card.
  • Remove the inner card so you can work on it without making a mess on the outer card.
  • Use the negative of the extra cropped die from part 1 as a mask on the inner card by lining up the sides of the mask with the tick marks you lightly drew.
  • I used Post-It note tape to adhere the mask to the front of the inner card.
  • Using a blending brush, add layers of color to the front of the inner card using Pool Party ink. When you get the color intensity you want, remove the mask and decorate

Part 2 continued: Decorating

  • Unless otherwise noted, I used liquid glue to adhere the pieces together when decorating.
  • The bike riding alligator was cropped from the Zoo Crew DSP using the coordinating dies. I love when the DSP images match up with the coordinating dies.
  • Add dimensionals to the back of the alligator.
  • Using the cropped mask again, I stamped the ground in Tuxedo Black ink. This stamp came from the Wildlife Wonder stamp set.
  • Using the flower stamp and coordinating dies from Fluffiest Friends, I stamped and cropped flowers from a scrap of Petal Pink cardstock.
  • The bird stamp comes from the Beach Day Bundle.
  • The cloud die cuts were made using the cloud die from the Zany Zoo dies.
  • Then, I stamped the sentiment on the inside of the card and added the trio of flowers from Fluffiest Friends stamp set.
  • Finally, line up your blended ink-masked area so it lines up with the cropped middle of the Lemon Lime Twist/DSP card front. Then adhere the inside card to the back of the base of the card.
  • With that, I’d finished this Zany Zoo fun fold coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Have a Peachy Day!

Sue

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